Because tornadoes just aren't scary enough on their own..

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

The FIRE VORTEX! 

 

[Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103]

Yep.

Saw several.

Including a HORIZONTAL vortex that was happily gutting a house trailer.

[Pat Riot]

Saw one of those emanating from my own house when I was in 11th grade. Sad day. 

[Calamity Kris]

Understanding the science behind them is cool, though. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwoghxwETng

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_whirl

 

Calamity (Retired fire geek) Kris

[Eyesa Horg]

They are pretty awesome looking, so long as it's not your house or a friends. Sorry about your experience Pat. At that age it must of been quite traumatic.

[Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438]

Is there a Game of Thrones dragon on the end of that funnel????

 

 

LL

[Calamity Kris]

Very sorry you had to experience that, Pat.  I'm sure that was quite traumatic.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

I never saw one in a structure, but there were several when I was working the woods of Oregon.   It doesn't matter where they are, they are still scary as can be.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Abilene Slim SASS 81783]

My son saw similar things in his wildfire fighting career. Some of those fires create their own weather systems with some bizarre phenomena. 

[Pat Riot]

4 hours ago, Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 said:

Is there a Game of Thrones dragon on the end of that funnel????

 

 

LL

Ah, see, now dragons. THAT would be cool...or HOT! Either way it would be a sight to behold. 

[Pat Riot]

4 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:

They are pretty awesome looking, so long as it's not your house or a friends. Sorry about your experience Pat. At that age it must of been quite traumatic.

 

4 hours ago, Calamity Kris said:

Very sorry you had to experience that, Pat.  I'm sure that was quite traumatic.

 

We moved around a lot when I was a kid. I thought we had finally settled down and the house caught fire. The landlord put a penny under one of the fuses for an electric stove. We lost nearly everything.

 

But, like Kris, I am also fascinated by fire and thermal dynamics. Fire has no bias. It’s purely a chemical reaction. 

[Dustin Checotah]

1 hour ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

 

 

We moved around a lot when I was a kid. I thought we had finally settled down and the house caught fire. The landlord put a penny under one of the fuses for an electric stove. We lost nearly everything.

 

But, like Kris, I am also fascinated by fire and thermal dynamics. Fire has no bias. It’s purely a chemical reaction. 

Working in maintenance I saw a few dumb things done when fuses blew.